New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) needled her former rival Scott Brown over his status as a former Massachusetts senator on Wednesday as he weighs a bid to replace her in the Senate.
“You didn’t hear me say [this]: When you write the stories, please write that he colors his hair, and I don’t. I don’t know, he’s making noises,” Shaheen told Semafor in an interview.
“He’s not from New Hampshire. He hasn’t done anything in New Hampshire except pretend like he’s bringing candidates into the state. You ask him, his big accomplishment is he coaches a women’s basketball team, and it’s in Massachusetts,” she continued.
Shaheen’s comments come after she announced Wednesday that she will not seek reelection in 2026. The senator is seen as an institution in the state, having served in the Senate since 2009 and as governor from 1997 to 2003.
Republicans have been hoping to recruit Brown, who unsuccessfully ran against Shaheen for the seat in 2014, to run again.
The former Massachusetts senator, who unsuccessfully challenged Shaheen for her Senate seat in 2014, told The Hill that he’s thinking about running again.
Brown said in a post on the social platform X that it’s time to have someone in the state’s delegation that supports President Trump.
“I appreciate [Shaheen’s] service to our state and for her support and vote for me as NH’s Ambassador to NZ and Samoa. Now it’s time for New Hampshire to have someone in the delegation who fights for our priorities and stands with, not against, the Trump agenda,” Brown said in the post.
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has also been a target of Republican recruiting efforts and has said he is not interested in running for Senate. However, he told The Washington Times this week he hasn’t “ruled it out completely.”
